Ezra 10:10

10 Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, "You have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women and adding to Israel's guilt.

Ezra 10:10 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 10:10

And Ezra the priest stood up
In the midst of the assembly to make his speech, acquainting them with the reason of their meeting together:

and said unto them, ye have transgressed;
the law of God in the following instance:

and have taken strange wives;
of the people of the land and others, idolatrous persons:

to increase the trespass of Israel;
to add to former iniquities, which had been the cause of the captivity.

Ezra 10:10 In-Context

8 All those who failed to appear within three days, as mandated by the officials and elders, would have all their property taken away. They would be separated from the congregation of the exiles.

9 So within three days, all the people of Judah and Benjamin gathered in Jerusalem. It was the twentieth day of the ninth month. All of the people sat in the area in front of God's house, trembling because of this order and because of the heavy rain.

10 Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, "You have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women and adding to Israel's guilt.

11 But now, make a confession to the LORD God of your ancestors and do his will. Separate yourselves from the neighboring peoples and from the foreign wives."

12 The whole assembly shouted in reply, "Yes. We must do as you have said.